# Border Village
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{{Infobox Australian place
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| name = Border Village
| city = [Nullarbor](/source/Nullarbor%2C_South_Australia)
| state = sa
| image = Rooey II, Border Village, 2017 (03).jpg
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'''Border Village''' is a settlement located in [South Australia](/source/South_Australia) within the locality of [Nullarbor](/source/Nullarbor%2C_South_Australia) on the [Eyre Highway](/source/Eyre_Highway) at the border with [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia).][{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/south-australia/border-village/2005/02/17/1108500204178.html|title=Border Village|work=[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald)|date=2004-02-08|accessdate=2 January 2013}}]
The settlement, which is {{Convert|12|km|abbr=on}} east of [Eucla](/source/Eucla), was named in 1993 by the South Australian Geographical Names Advisory Committee following a suggestion provided by the [Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia](/source/Royal_Automobile_Club_of_Western_Australia).[{{cite web|title=Search result for " Nullarbor (LOCU)" (Record no SA0008549)|url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/#|publisher=Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure|access-date=22 September 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/|archive-date=12 October 2016}}] The settlement is located about {{convert|5|km}} north of the cliff line separating the [Nullarbor Plain](/source/Nullarbor_Plain) from the [Great Australian Bight](/source/Great_Australian_Bight).[{{cite web | url=http://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/ | title=Search result(s) for "Border Village, LOCA" with the following data sets being selected – "Suburbs and Localities", "NPW and Conservation Reserve Boundaries", and "SA Government Regions" | publisher=Government of South Australia | work=Location SA Map Viewer | accessdate=27 April 2017}}]
As of 2004, the settlement offered services to travellers and visitors to Nullarbor including:Motel, cabin and caravan accommodation, a restaurant which opens from 6:00am – 10:00pm, a takeaway service which is open from 6:00am – 11:00pm, full garage service and a desalination plant which provides fresh water.
There is a Western Australian agricultural checkpoint at Border Village, and also "Hole 6: Border Kangaroo" of the [Nullarbor Links](/source/Nullarbor_Links) golf course.[{{cite web|title=Hole 6: Border Kangaroo|url=http://www.kalgoorlie.com/nullarborlinks/hole06.asp|work=Nullarbor Links|publisher=Eyre Highway Operators Association|accessdate=2 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130412221024/http://www.kalgoorlie.com/nullarborlinks/hole06.asp|archive-date=12 April 2013|url-status=dead}}]
The settlement is one of five that uses the [Central Western Standard Time](/source/Australian_Time) ([UTC+08:45](/source/UTC%2B08%3A45)).[{{cite web|title=Annual Report 2012–2013|url=http://www.dundas.wa.gov.au/Assets/Documents/Document-Centre/Annual-Reports/Annual_Report_2012-2013.pdf|website=Shire of Dundas|publisher=Shire of Dundas (WA)|pages=7|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150304074421/http://www.dundas.wa.gov.au/Assets/Documents/Document-Centre/Annual-Reports/Annual_Report_2012-2013.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=3 September 2017}}: "Two time zones operate, there being a ¾ hour difference by changing the clock at Caiguna, about halfway along the Eyre Highway."][{{cite news|title=The Government and iPhones don't recognise it, but this stretch of desert has its own time zone|author=Christien de Garis|date=2019-04-08|publisher=[ABC News](/source/ABC_News_(Australia))|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-08/this-remote-stretch-of-desert-has-its-own-custom-time-zone/10981000}}]
==See also==
* [List of cities and towns in South Australia](/source/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_South_Australia)
==Notes==
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==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Border Village, South Australia|Border Village}}
{{Towns Nullarbor}}
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Category:Towns in South Australia
Category:Nullarbor Plain
Category:Places in the unincorporated areas of South Australia
Category:Eyre Highway
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